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Home > News > How to Turn Your iPod Touch Into an iPhone

How to Turn Your iPod Touch Into an iPhone

August 29, 2010 by Catherine Faas

Good news, iPod touch owners. Thanks to a new adapter case, you can now turn your music-storing device into a phone, allowing you to get the best of both worlds from your Apple gadget. The Apple Peel 520 (I know, adorable name right?) is still in prototype form, will retail for about $50, and comes with a one-year warranty. The final retail version of the product will be a sleek, plastic case instead of the silicon rubber one you see in this review photo. So are you excited to learn how this case can possibly turn your iPod touch into an iPhone? Of course you are. Here’s how it works:

The adapter consists of six main parts: a speaker on the top to hear phone calls, a removable 800mAh battery, a SIM card slot, a “vibration motor”, a baseband chip, and a dock connector. The adapter works by connecting to the iPhone voice calling and text messaging app, so the iPod touch must be jailbroken to function. You’ll need to add these apps plus the “Yosion” and “YsSMS” apps to the homescreen manually prior to using the adapter. The Yosion calling app is user-friendly, and enables users to send and receive calls and messages, delete previous calls and messages, and import all your contacts from the SIM card you use. The SMS app doesn’t support full screen on the iPod touch, and the adapter doesn’t give your new “phone” any 3G capabilities. But, users can enjoy 3 hours of talk time and 120 hours of standby juice on one charge.

According to Chinese tech site PC Online, who reviewed the gadget, the adapter works extremely well for basic functions. It won’t drop calls, and the retail version will support Bluetooth and hands-free calling. There are, however, a few minor problems:

  • Your iPod touch will show “Calling” even though the call is answered.
  • Incoming numbers and contacts may not appear.
  • If you miss a call, you might receive “blank” messages as a reminder.
  • Ringtones can’t be customized. The adapter vibrates and rings by default, but you can disable the ringing.
  • The call volume doesn’t make a huge difference.
  • An incoming call won’t light up your screen, and only the other party can end the call. So good luck angrily hanging up on someone. It won’t work.

Aside from that, users might want to note that the SMS text is smaller than the text on a proper iPhone, and you can’t add multiple recipients to one message.

So what do you think, iPod touch lovers? Will you purchase the Apple Peel 520 when it becomes available?

(Source: M.I.C Gadget)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apple, iPod touch, Mobility, SMS

About Catherine Faas

Catherine Faas is a researcher for MGImedia in Toronto, a content curator and blogger for Alltop.com, and now a writer for GeekBeat.TV. When she's not deep web diving she's busy covering geeky events around the globe. Catherine is a Web 2.0 sweetheart with a passion for technology. Oh, and she'll also beat you at a video game of your choice.

Comments

  1. frank hu says

    December 7, 2010 at 6:52 am

    if you want turn your itouch into an iphone,I can help you ,
    pls send E-mail to me.thanks

  2. OzK says

    November 8, 2010 at 11:53 am

    Video not available.

  3. Khoa says

    September 4, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    At first, i was thinking “this is amazing, gotta get one”, but after reading all the problems it still has, it’s a No No for me. Would rather spending more money to have a proper iphone.

  4. Theevil says

    August 30, 2010 at 9:03 am

    Depending on how much, under £50 yes, if its any more then no!! 😛

  5. Phil says

    August 30, 2010 at 2:07 am

    The package looks like a cassette tape box.

  6. web247.me says

    August 29, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    No gps ; pity . Is there a version with gps

  7. Gord McLeod says

    August 29, 2010 at 4:20 pm

    I suppose something like this was inevitable, but if I’d wanted an iphone, I’d have gotten one. I like my iPod for playing music. Definitely feels like a project that was done because it can be done, not because it needed to be done. On that level, it’s pretty cool.

  8. Amy Soldier says

    August 29, 2010 at 2:52 pm

     Uhm, … just a suggestion. Buy a new iPhone instead. You’ll be better off and glad you did in the future.

  9. Triyaki says

    August 29, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    Hello,

    i really like this feature but can u tell me from where can i get this new adapter case………..

    i m currently using Ipod Touch 32 GB 2nd generation…………….m currently leaving in singapore so can u tell me if its available over here , can u tell me the address ……….

    so from that place i can college it……….
    thank you,
    hope to c yr reply soon……..

    • Catherine Faas says

      August 29, 2010 at 11:03 pm

      Triyaki – It’s not available yet, but you can pre-order it here: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=6802943619

      🙂 Hope that helps.

  10. tylertraub says

    August 29, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    I would definitely purchase this if I could use my google number to make phone calls and SMS

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